Little Masterpieces of Science - Explorers
George Iles
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
"The love of adventure, the expectation of the unexpected, have ever prompted men stout of heart, and ready of resource, to brave the perils of wilderness and sea that they might set their feet where man never trod before." (George Iles in the preface)
This last in the series of Little Masterpieces of Science to be recorded for LibriVox includes essays by or about the explorations of Christopher Columbus, Lewis & Clark, Zebulon Pike, Charles Wilkes, Clarence King and John Wesley Powell. - Summary by J. M. Smallheer (4 hr 41 min)
Chapters
| Preface | 2:37 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Columbus Discovers America by Justin Winsor | 37:14 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
| Arrival at the Pacific Ocean, 1805 by Lewis and Clarke | 37:12 | Read by Aubrey da Cunha |
| The Sources of the Mississippi by Zebulon M. Pike | 32:09 | Read by Kerry Adams |
| Manila in 1842 by Charles Wilkes | 42:03 | Read by Availle |
| The Ascent of Mount Tyndall by Clarence King | 57:59 | Read by Srikar G |
| The Grand Cañon of the Colorado is Explored by John Wesley Powell | 1:12:37 | Read by Kurt |